Bollywood batteling alcoholism

We all know how alcoholism can be path to disaster. Bollywood stars you would be shocked to know
they were or are battling alcoholism.


Arjun Rampal The brand ambassador for Chivas, started drinking at 21. And he has since been addicted to alcohol. The actor has been quite open about his trouble dealing with alcoholism.

Manisha Koirala A declining career and a struggling love life this nepali actress Manisha Koirala. Addicted to nicotine and alcohol before she recovered from cancer.

Mahesh Bhatt too has battled through alcoholism. Some of Mahesh Bhatt’s successful films have been based on his personal problems and his struggle with alcoholism found a cinematic expression.

Rakhee Gulzar also battled alcoholism for quite some time. An unsuccessful marital life, with ex-husbands who had affairs with Kumari herself led her to drink a lot.

Dharmendra has been an alcoholic for a good 15 years and he was able to kick the habit after he took up writing. The actor has openly confess how his drinking habit nearly ruined his career.
Meena Kumari was one of the most adored and successful actresses of 60s, before she started losing it all to alcohol. In fact, she never was able to turn her life around, and died of liver cancer at the age of 39.

Javed Akhtar with a phase of alcohol dependence, which spanned over a quarter of a decade.  Akhtar used to finish a full bottle in a day by himself.

Sanjeev Kumar life also resonated with many personal tragedies. He fell deeply in love with Hema Malini, but she never reciprocated his feelings and he drowned his sorrows in alcohol and lived and died a bachelor.

Guru Dutt was the man who discovered and mentored actress Waheeda Rehman, and also fell in love with her. However, their love was never successful and it became the stuff of Bollywood romantic legends. And when drinking a lot did not ease his heartache, he committed suicide by overdosing on alcohol and sleeping pills.

Silk Smitha, we learnt from the movie ‘The Dirty Picture’. Her career took a different turn, when she couldn’t make it as a producer and faced romantic and financial losses, her alcohol dependency increased. She fell into depression and committed suicide.
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